{"id":14554,"date":"2025-07-16T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14554\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:53:08","slug":"new-garmin-beta-smartwatch-update-fixes-flashlight-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14554\/","title":{"rendered":"New Garmin beta smartwatch update fixes flashlight issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"The<\/a>The Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatches (Solar pictured) are receiving a new beta update. (Image source: Garmin)<\/p>\n

Beta version 10.18 has arrived for some Garmin smartwatches. This release tackles a range of issues linked to the flashlight, Backcountry Skiing and the Jump Rope activity. Plus, users of the Instinct 3 AMOLED, Instinct 3 Solar and Instinct E smartwatches also receive a bug fix for a problem with Timer alerts.<\/p>\n

Garmin has released a new beta update for the Instinct 3 AMOLED, Instinct 3 Solar and Instinct E smartwatches. Beta version 10.18<\/a> arrives a few days after the last update for this series, beta version 10.16<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For all Instinct 3 and Instinct E smartwatches, there is a resolution for a problem with the Timer alerts settings. The beta version 10.18 update also brings three bug fixes for the Instinct 3 Solar and Instinct 3 AMOLED smartwatches. The first tackles an issue linked to the flashlight strobe effect, which was not working as expected during multisport activities. The second removes a problem with the Backcountry Ski activity summary, which could cause these smartwatches to crash. Finally, problems with the Jump Rope activity summary data have been resolved.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

As a reminder, since the last stable update, version 9.25<\/a>, Garmin has added a new Interval Alerts feature to Timers for non-Tactical edition watches, Jump Rope rep alerts for the Instinct 3, and a Solar Intensity data field for the Instinct 3 Solar smartwatch (curr. $449.99 at Amazon<\/a>). <\/p>\n

According to a recent post in the Garmin forum, beta version 10.18 is rolling out to customers in phases; it should have reached at least 20% of users at the time of writing. It is being pushed to eligible smartwatches over the air (OTA). The company has not indicated when it expects the rollout to be complete.<\/p>\n

\t\"The<\/a>The release notes for beta version 10.18 for the Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatches. (Image source: Garmin)\"Polly<\/a>Polly Allcock<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 4206 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2021<\/p>\n

I’ve been interested in technology for as long as I can remember. From a young age, I have loved gadgets and understanding how things work. Since graduating, I have worked for several technology companies across FinTech, AdTech and Robotics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatches (Solar pictured) are receiving a new beta update. (Image source: Garmin) Beta version…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[904,166,4615,13943,13949,13948,13947,905,13945,13944,898,903,897,906,665,899,900,171,74,902,901,13946,173],"class_list":["post-14554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-benchmarks","tag-gadgets","tag-garmin","tag-garmin-instinct","tag-garmin-instinct-3","tag-garmin-instinct-3-tactical-update","tag-garmin-instinct-3-update","tag-graphics-card","tag-instinct-3","tag-instinct-e","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-smartwatch","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-version-10-18","tag-wearable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}